Tilé & Olly Meets: Sarah Ibrahim

In this episode, we sit down with powerful and passionate advocate, Sarah Ibrahim. Sarah is a commercial and human rights lawyer, and humanitarian of Egyptian descent. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Economics and a Bachelor of Laws. She has over 15 years of civil and human rights law experience resolving legal issues for clients through advice and litigation.

Sarah is the founder and principal of Central Lawyers Pty Ltd. Central Lawyers’ focus is commercial law for all small to medium businesses based in Sydney. Transforming her personal experience of racism and discrimination in the workplace, Sarah founded the Racial Justice Centre with other like-minded individuals. The Racial Justice Centre is an incorporated community legal service that offers pro-bono and low bono legal help with the aim of reducing systemic injustices. It is the first community legal centre of its kind dedicated to racial justice.

Sarah is passionate about social justice, human rights, equality, and advocating for the marginalised, particularly women from culturally and racially marginalised backgrounds. Sarah discusses anti-racism, and she shares candidly about her lived experiences growing up in Sydney and the ways her critical consciousness was raised throughout her life. A highlight for us is when she flips the script on what 'belonging' means to her that we found really insightful.